Marijuana debate headed to Michigan Supreme Court DailyTribune / Ann Zeniewski / 4,2,2012 A debate over medical marijuana sales is headed for the Michigan Supreme Court. The court last week issued an order granting an application for leave to appeal in a case involving an Isabella County medical marijuana business. The order instructs attorneys for both parties to include in briefs their positions on whether the state's Medical Marihuana Act permits patient-to-patient sales. Last summer, a panel of three Court of Appeals judges said the 2008 medical marijuana law, as well as the state's public health code, do not allow people to sell marijuana to each other, even if they have state-issued marijuana cards. The ruling stemmed from a case out of Isabella County involving Compassionate Apothecary, a facility in which members who were either registered patients or their caregivers purchased marijuana from other members. The business owners retained at least 20 percent of the sale price. Prosecutors filed a complaint alleging that operation of the facility was not in accordance with the state's Medical Marihuana Act, and therefore a nuisance because it violated the public health code. Compassionate Apothecary was victorious at the trial court level. But the Court of Appeals said the operation of the business was an enjoinable public nuisance and in violation of the health code, which prohibits the possession and delivery of marijuana. \t\t\t\t
Just look no further then Oxycontin. Some people will sell anything just to make a buck, and cannabis is no different. Legalize it and get rid of this problem.